Program Overview

Diploma of Business

Our Diploma of Business is an 8-unit course taught over two or three trimesters. It has been designed as a pathway to a Bachelor of Business degree for domestic and international students. It will equip you with an AQF Level 5 qualification, which helps you launch a career in a variety of business areas with confidence, or improve your employability for career advancement opportunities.

This course is suited to you if you:

• Don't have the desired results to gain entry to your chosen Bachelor of Business degree
• Launch a career in a variety of business areas with a nationally recognised qualification
• Improve your employability to advance your career.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive an AQF Level 5 qualification. You’ll be guaranteed entry into the second year of a Bachelor of Business degree at Murdoch University.

Leading to: Bachelor of Business

The Bachelor of Business offers students the freedom to explore various business disciplines and gain a solid foundation in the fundamental principles of the field.

Designed with industry in mind, this degree allows you to specialise or pursue a broader understanding of business, whilst providing you with the flexibility and resources needed to succeed in today's dynamic business landscape.

You might learn how to build the most effective teams, explore how a business operates across international borders or learn how to connect with a range of audiences through a growing number of marketing channels. 

Shape your future and prepare to make a meaningful contribution to the ever-changing world of business, with a Bachelor of Business.

Major: Hospitality and Tourism Management

If you love the idea of working overseas or helping people experience what Australia has to offer, a degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management can help you turn your passion for travel into a career almost anywhere in the world.

Learn about hospitality and tourism management, and how the industry is always changing. Explore sustainable tourism and discover how you can use data to help predict trends for a particular place or region.

At Murdoch, we help you learn by doing, so your assessments will be based on real life, rather than theory. You’ll learn business management principles, and be mentored through a range of projects as you learn to use research to make business decisions.

3 reasons to study Hospitality and Tourism Management at Murdoch

1. Work in tourism to develop attractive destinations while working sustainably with people and the environment
2. Develop management, negotiation and problem solving skills that will help you manage staff and organisations in any destination the world
3. Learn from some of Western Australia’s top tourism experts who are actively involved in tourism research.

What you'll learn

Build the knowledge and skills you need to meet your career or study goals. Here are some of the things you’ll learn:

• Destination management
• Hospitality and tourism
• Sustainable tourism
• Tourism and hospitality law
• Business management